Education and the Problems of Sustainable Development

Delyse Springett

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Published: Jan 4, 2016

Issue Vol. 11 No. 1 (2016)

Articles

Education and the Problems of Sustainable Development
Delyse Springett

7-14
Ecophilosophy in Modern East Asia: The Case of Hansalim in South Korea
Michael S. Pak, Jeehyun Kim

15-22
The Concept of Nobilis Barbarus in the Light of Contemporary Ecological Challenges
Ryszard F. Sadowski

23-30
Discourses of Ecology and the Sketches of Creative Ecology in the Context of Sustainable Development
Tomas Kačerauskas

31-39
The Impact of Sustainable Development on the Homeostasis of the Social Environment and the Matter of Survival
Wiesław Sztumski

41-47
The Anthropocentric Sozology of Julian Aleksandrowicz
Leszek Gawor

49-58
Tax Payment, Social Contribution for Pollution Prevention and Happiness
Jing Xu, Jianjun Li

59-64
Changes in Environmental Attitudes in Selected Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
Paweł Rydzewski

65-72
Designing a Mixed Evaluating System for Green Manufacturing of Automotive Industry
Yuhong Cao, Jianxin You, Rui Wang, Yongjiang Shi

73-86
Comparative Evaluation of Experience in Environmental Tax Reforms in Chosen EU States
Astrida Miceikiene, Valdemaras Makutenas, Jan Zukovskis, Artur J. Kożuch

87-99
Cultural Ecosystem Services – Framework, Theories and Practices
Anna Dłużewska

101-110
Joseph Kozielecki’s Project of Temporal Transgression and the Philosophy of Sustainable Development
Marek Tański

111-116
Sustainable Development in the World from the Aspect of Environmental Health and Human Development Index: Regional Variations and Patterns
Slavomir Bucher

117-124
Rebuilding the Pillars of Sustainable Society Index: a Multivariate Post Hoc I-distance Approach
Dejan Savić, Veljko Jeremić, Nataša Petrović

125-134
Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Development
Piotr Krajewski

135-141
Factory Farming Versus Environment and Society. The Analysis of Selected Problems
Ignacy S. Fiut, Marcin Urbaniak

143-156
Urbanization, Food Insecurity and Agriculture – Challenges for Social Sustainable Development
Karthika Palanisamy, Karthikeyan Parthasarathy

157-162
Ecological Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development
Elena Mieszajkina

163-171
Sustainable Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases Emissions
Wojciech Cel, Aneta Czechowska-Kosacka, Tao Zhang

173-176
Sustainable Development versus Prospecting and Extraction of Shale Gas
Aneta Duda, Justyna Gołębiowska, Agnieszka Żelazna

177-180

Authors

Delyse Springett

dvspringett@gmail.com

Member of Problemy Ekorozwoju/Problems of Sustainable Development Editorial Board, Retired Director, Centre for Business and Sustainable Development, Massey University, New Zealand, New Zealand

Abstract

Education for sustainable development has not featured strongly in the discourse promoted by the journal, Problemy Ekorozwoju/Problems of Sustainable Development. This paper provides a brief background to environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) and focuses on the theorization and pedagogies appropriate for ESD if perceived as transformative and political education. The obstacles that stand in the path of education for sustainable development are overviewed, and an attempt is made to suggest key questions that may underpin a transformative curriculum of education for sustainable development. It is hoped that the paper encourages further discussion in Problemy Ekorozwoju of issues around education for sustainable development.

Keywords:

environmental education, education for sustainable development, discourse, critical curriculum theorization, ideology

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Springett, D. (2016). Education and the Problems of Sustainable Development. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 11(1), 7–14. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4954

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